school

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Old English scōl, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (scholeion), from σχολή (schole), “‘spare time, leisure’”), later  (“‘conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place’”).

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• (US) IPA: /sku:l/, /ˈsku.əl/

  Rhymes: -uːl

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school (plural schools)

1. (US, Canadian) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

   Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.

   Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.

2. (British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
3. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

   We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.

4. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

   These economists belong to the monetarist school.

5. A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

   The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.

6. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

   I'll see you after school.

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• (institution dedicated to teaching and learning): academy, college, university
• (organizational unity within an educational institution): college, department, further education college, institute
• (group of fish): shoal

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to school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
   • 1998, Leigh Jones, "National bar exam methods win in ADA regulation test," The Journal Record, April 13,

     A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.

   • 2006, Steve Smith, Forever Red: Confessions Of A Cornhusker Football Fan, page 67:

     Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […]

   • 2007, Peter David and Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416527214, pg. 216,

     "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."

     "This time I'm gonna school you."

3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.

   She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.

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• schooling

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• college
• kindergarten
• polytechnic
• university
• Appendix:Collective nouns

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[edit] Noun

school c (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje)

1. school
2. a group of fish

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• college
• academie
• universiteit
• instituut

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basisschool hogeschool kleuterschool lagere school middelbare school schoolbord schoolplein toneelschool

[edit] Verb

school

1. first person present tense of scholen (to school)
2. singular past tense of schuilen (to hide, take cover, to take shelter)